Terms of service

1. General

These terms and conditions (the “Agreement”) set out the basis upon which The World’s Best Events Ltd. (“TWBE”) will provide Services (as defined below) to you. By visiting the website or any subsite of theworldsbest.events (the “Site”), applying or purchasing a membership or use our services, you are declaring to have agreed to be bound by the Agreement.

If you cannot agree, don’t use our Service.

1.1 Website

You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes. You agree not to take any action that might compromise the security of the Site, render the Site inaccessible to others or otherwise cause damage to the Site, its accessibility or its content. You agree not to attempt to access any content that is not intended for you.

Any information or data (“content”), whether publicly or privately transmitted are the sole responsibility of the person or company from which such content originated. You are entirely responsible for all content that you upload, share, email or otherwise transmit onto this site. To the extent not regulated otherwise in this Agreement, the use of the Site shall be subject to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

2. Term

This Agreement is effective for an unlimited period unless and until earlier terminated as set forth herein. TWBE may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect if you fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions described herein.

3. Use of Service

Our service enables individuals to participate in a private community dedicated to events professionals for a membership fee.

3.1 Registration

When you apply for membership or set up a profile with TWBE, you must provide us accurate information. We will treat registration information according to our Privacy Policy. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your identification.

3.2 Privacy

Our privacy practices are set forth in our Privacy Policy, which is part of this Agreement. By joining The World’s Best Events, you are sharing personally identifiable information with other Members and us.

3.3 Acceptable Use

We expect you will take care to keep your interaction with others a positive experience for everyone. You agree to follow our Acceptable Use Policy at all times.

The following are examples of the kind of content and/or use that is illegal or prohibited in our community. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation removing the offending content from the Service, suspending or terminating the account of such violators, and reporting you to the law enforcement authorities.

You agree to not use the Service to:

  • post, email or otherwise transmit any content, or encourage any action, as applicable, that (i) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, excessively violent, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another‘s privacy, hateful racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (iii) poses or creates a privacy or security risk to any person; (iv) is inaccurate or infringes any intellectual property or other proprietary rights or personal rights of any party; (v) constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, commercial activities and/or sales, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” “contests,” “sweepstakes,” or any other form of solicitation; (vi) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (vii) in the sole judgment of TWBE, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Service, or which may expose TWBE or its users to any harm or liability of any type;

  • further or promote any criminal activity or enterprise or provide instructional information about illegal activities;

  • impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

  • harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other Users from the Service by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unwelcome or harassing emails or other unwelcome or harassing communications;

  • interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;

  • violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, or any regulations having the force of law;

  • or obtain or attempt to access or otherwise obtain any materials or information through the Service using deceptive or fraudulent means

We reserve the right, but have no obligation or liability for, monitoring any interactions with other Members. You may also submit a complaint or concern about another Member via our contact form.

3.4 Termination

You may close your Member account at any time by going to account settings and disabling your account. We may suspend your use of the Service or the Service at any time for any reason, without any notice. We may terminate your account if you violate the Acceptable Use Policy or for any other reason.

3.5 Feedback

We welcome your feedback and suggestions about how to improve our service. By submitting feedback, you agree to grant us the right to use it for free.

4. Content

You keep complete ownership of all content unless explicitly stated otherwise, but give TWBE permission to run our community, such that your content shows up. Make sure you have permission to use content that you post on TWBE. You agree not to use the Site in any manner that might interfere with the rights of any third party.

4.1. Your Content

The Service enables you to add posts, articles, photos, videos, questions, polls, links, files, events, groups, and chat with other Members. All material that you upload, publish or display to others via TWBE is “User Generated Content”. It does not include Data (defined below). 

4.2 Ownership

You (and the people you license Your Content from) keep complete ownership of all Your Content unless explicitly stated otherwise. By posting Your Content on the Service, you grant us a license to show it on TWBE, but you and your licensors still own it.

In connection with your use of the Service, you hereby grant and will grant TWBE and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, transmit, perform, distribute, store, modify, and otherwise use Your Content in connection with the operation of the Service in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, including publication and use on any Integrated Services (as defined below). This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available to other entities and individuals who partner with us in the delivery of the Service.

We may preserve Your Content and may also disclose Your Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government requests; (b) enforce these Terms of Use; (c) respond to claims that any Your Content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of TWBE, its Users and the public. The technical processing and transmission of Your Content may involve transmissions over various networks and changes to conform to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

4.3 Responsibility

You agree to follow the Acceptable Use Policy as stated above. Do not infringe the intellectual property and personal rights with Your Content. You accept responsibility if Your Content violates the intellectual property or personal rights of others. You agree to pay all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed to any person by reason of any of Your Content. We are not obligated, but reserve the right, to remove or suspend, in whole or part, Your Content that violates our Acceptable Use Policy or for any other reason.

4.4 Copyright and Trademark Policies

If you believe that your intellectual property is being violated on the Service, you can submit a complaint and request for takedown of specific material at any time via our contact form.

5. Content and Intellectual Property of TWBE

5.1 Data

TWBE collects and stores data about Members (“Data”) in order to run the Service more effectively and efficiently. Our Privacy Policy explains how we do this, and your rights to opt out.

5.2 Content and Materials

The Site including the brand and the Service are protected by the respective copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws, and belong to TWBE. You agree and understand that zkipster reserves complete title and intellectual property rights in the Service and the Site and in all information, writings, images and other works that you use, see, hear or otherwise experience on the Site and/or when using the Service. Unless explicitly provided otherwise by this Agreement, you are not allowed to copy or otherwise use any such content or information belonging to the Service and/or the Site.

5.3 No Endorsement or Screening

Please note that the Service contains access to third-party content and other interactions over which we have no control. Links on the Site to third party web sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by TWBE of the third party, the third party web site, or the information contained therein. We are not responsible for the availability of any such web sites nor liable for any such web site or the content thereon. We assume no responsibility for, nor do we endorse, screen, or approve the content, offerings, or materials made available to you within TWBE, or the conduct of parties who participate in our community.

5.4 Monitoring, Information Collection and Data Usage

All actions performed while using the Service and the Site are subject to monitoring, recording and analytical activities by TWBE. All user sessions, emails and text messages sent may be recorded and logged with the respective Account information, IP addresses and time/day stamps. TWBE will only share your data with any third parties within the limits stipulated in section above. Any collected data will only be used to control the general usage of the Service and to improve the quality of Service.

6. Integrated Services

You may enable various online services like Mighty Networks, Facebook or Linkedin to be integrated into your Member account (“Integrated Services”). For example, you may be able to share or access your activity on Integrated Services such as Facebook. To take advantage of these features, we may ask you to register for or log into the Integrated Services on the websites of their providers. By enabling Integrated Services in connection with the Service, you are allowing us to pass to, and receive from, these Integrated Services your login information and other Data for use in connection with the Service and/or the Integrated Services. Please remember that your use of any Integrated Services, and the manner in which any Integrated Services offer or perform their services and collect, use, store, and disclose your information is governed solely by the terms of use, privacy policies, and other policies of such third parties, and we shall have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any Integrated Services or any other third party site or service, whether or not they are directly enabled within the Service.

7. Membership

If you select a plan or a portion of the Service for which a fee applies (“Membership”), you agree to pay the applicable fee when you sign up. For paid memberships, you will be required to select a payment plan and type of credit card for payment. Additional terms may apply, and you may be asked to agree to additional terms by separate agreement.

7.1 General Pricing Conditions

We are not providing a cancellation period for any subscription to the Services. Accordingly, your purchase cannot be cancelled once it was paid and will not be refunded if not used. However, if you believe that we have charged you in error, you must contact us within 10 days of such charge. No refunds will be given for any charges made more than 10 days prior to your dispute notice. TWBE reserves the right to refuse a refund if you are in breach of these terms and conditions under this Agreement. This refund policy does not affect your statutory rights.

7.2. Active and Inactive Account, Renew of Service, Termination

Membership will be activated in accordance with the time period of plan chosen. Membership will renew automatically at the end of the time period unless cancelled by the client 5 days before the end of the respective plan.

Once the status of the membership is inactive, you do not have access to any of service or your data. TWBE may permanently delete any inactive Accounts and any thereto related data at any time at their sole discretion.

The early termination of the Service by you before the end of the respective subscription period is not available. Further, if your Account is cancelled for violation of the terms and policies as stated in this Agreement, you will not be refunded.

TWBE shall have no liability whatsoever to you or any third party due to said deletion of data and any cancellation and/or termination. You understand that, after the termination and deletion of the data in accordance with the aforesaid, none of your data will be recoverable.

7.3 Credit Card Storage and Processing

TWBE relies on Stripe, a best in class payment provider for secure and encrypted storage of credit card information. Stripe also processes any payment on our behalf. At no point are we storing your credit card details in our own environment.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

TWBE MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT. TWBE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH REGARD TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, AND ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE FURNISHED OR TO BE FURNISHED VIA THE SITE. TWBE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE SITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS ON THE SITE OR IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. TWBE DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE. TWBE DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT, OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND THE CONTENT ARE ONLY PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.

9. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL TWBE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, (II) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED BY THE SITE; (III) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND/OR THE CONTENT, (IV) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (V) THE LOSS OR DAMAGE OF YOUR UPLOADED DATA, OR (VI) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF TWBE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, OR WITH THE TERMS OF USE, THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE.
BECAUSE THE APPLICABLE LAW MIGHT NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE EXTENT STIPULATED ABOVE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY. IN SUCH CASE, TWBE’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED AND WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW.

10. Indemnification

You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your behavior on the Site and for your use of the Service. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless TWBE, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, joint ventures, business partners, licensors, employees, agents, Sub-Processors  and any third party information providers to the Service from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Site and/or the Service or any violation by you of this Agreement.

11. No Ownership Rights or License

You are granted no ownership rights or license to any software by this Agreement. You understand and agree not to, directly, or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, or algorithms of, remove any notices, labels or advertisement from the Site and the system. You also agree not to modify, translate, or create derivative works based on any aspect of the Site, the Service and the system. You understand that you have no rights to copy, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Site, the Service and the system or any of its components.

12. Entire Agreement / Severability / No Waiver / Assignment

These terms of service constitute the entire Agreement of the parties with respect to the use of the Site and the Service. If any part of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of this Agreement, all of which will remain in full force and effect. The invalid or unenforceable provision(s) shall be replaced by such provision(s) the parties would, acting reasonably, have agreed upon had they been aware of the invalidity or non-enforceability of the provision to be replaced. No waiver by TWBE of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. TWBE is entitled to assign this Agreement (including the Service) to any Sub-Processor at any time without any prior notification and/or consent.

13. Correction of Errors and Inaccuracies

The Site may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. We therefore reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update the Site at any time without prior notice. TWBE does not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.

14. Enforcement / Governing Law / Place of Jurisdiction

Any and all disputes relating to this Agreement, your use of the Site, the Membership, or the content are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the material laws of New York, United States to the exclusion of its conflict of law rules and any international treaties. Exclusive Venue for any litigation shall be New York, United States of America.

15. Changes to this Agreement

We may change this Agreement from time to time. If we change this Agreement at some point in the future, we will post the changes on the Site and by continuing to use the Site and the Service after we have posted any changes, you accept and agree to the new terms and conditions, as modified. We recommend that you review our terms periodically when accessing or website or services.

These terms were last updated: August 1, 2020